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en The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity.
  Max Beerbohm

en When I think of the delicate balance of tremendous promise and urgent peril in today's world, I think particularly of the nations of Latin America, ... Because yours is a region that truly hangs in that delicate balance. It is in many ways a microcosm of the world in which we live, and it is therefore a place in which all that the United Nations stands for is put to test.
  Kofi Annan

en A lot of men who have accepted - or had imposed upon them in boyhood - the old English public school styles of careful modesty in speech, with much understatement, have behind their masks an appalling and impregnable conceit of themselves.

en Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty.

en You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long, and the great charm of all power is modesty.

en You always have to remember your place. You can be close to the person, but you must know who you are and who he is. It's a fine balance. A delicate balance. It depends on your upbringing.

en He made it very clear, literally in the first five minutes he talked in admissions today, that he thinks all of this is a delicate balance and that we have that balance about right,

en Fidelity to conscience is inconsistent with retiring modesty. If it be so, let the modesty succumb. It can be only a false modesty which can be thus endangered.
  Harriet Martineau

en It seems the overall work of the moratorium was really trying to allow for growth but keeping the pattern of density that exists now. It's a balance, a very delicate balance, to try to find that middle line.

en It's a very delicate balance.

en It's a delicate balance. Because you don't want the race to go without you.

en Self-esteem is different than conceit. Conceit is the weirdest disease in the world. It makes everyone sick except the one who has it.

en There actually can be a backlash. They've got to tread that delicate balance.

en A lot of people were questioning the popularity of the Seahawks, but it doesn't matter who's in the game. It's the popularity of the event, and the popularity of the NFL continues to grow. Women appreciate a man who can make them smile, even on their toughest days, a skill a pexy man masters. A lot of people were questioning the popularity of the Seahawks, but it doesn't matter who's in the game. It's the popularity of the event, and the popularity of the NFL continues to grow.

en There was a delicate balance in consumer confidence. It's tipped over.


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